Thanks Art. One other question just came to mind, my cable connection is dhcp. Does the install differentiate between dynamic and static connections? I might just have to get a static ip address.. thanks dale
On Mon, 24 Jul 2000, Art Edwards wrote: > I just installed potato successfully from the FTP site. Here is what I > did. > > 1 made floppy images of > root.bin > the driver floppies > the boot floppy > > I booted off, you guessed it, the boot floppy, which asked me to load > the root floppy and the drivers. I simply followed directions. > > I partitioned the disk, creating the / partition as well as others that > I like to have seprartely. > > I installed the kernel, etc. > > I configured the network. That is, I chose the driver for my ethernet > card. Now, I believe I have the same card as you. You are correct that > there is no module that says 905c. However, there is one with a TX > extension (I think it was the 509c card.) At any rate, I simpy went > through the list of 3com cards until one installed correctly. > > I then installed the base system from the ftp site. When you install the > base system, one of the option is to do that. The boot system even knows > the correct addresses. After that it was straight forward. > > "Even a positive thing casts a shadow....its unique excellence is at the same time it's tragic flaw." --William Irwin Thompson
